Aquablu Resort Hurghada

... the nest and I got a couple of
photos which hopefully hsve come out ok.

Well that's it really for the Egypt blog, we travel tomorrow back home
starting from here at 10am and getting home around 10pm. We are both
sad to leave but looking forward to seeing the kids again and everyone
else. I hope it won't be too long before we return.

... me what my name was, I said "Why?" and he said "why..... my name is Ismael, hahah he thought my name was why. Anyway, I gave him alot of attitude and cut eye, so he moved on to the poor timid chinese woman we were travelling with :( This guy was a chromosone short of caveman! He just didn't get the point! We caught a taxi to Dahab that took 7 hours!!! He had told us it would take 3!!! But we still paid him the same and he was happy! We finally arrived in Dahab, Happy but exhausted!

Our 20th wedding anniversary today which started with some shopping
and then the hotel offered us a free meal tonight mainly because of
the problems at dinner last night but also because of our anniversary.

Rest of the day is quiet with a relax by the pool this afternoon
because it is has been really hot today and it helped us cool off.

Dinner tonight was excellent in the hotels al la carte restaurant
which was all the better because it was free!

Meryl's Birthday and we spent the day on the dive clubs boat going out
to Dolphin Point to do snorkelling. It was pretty good to see the fish
again like yesterday plus we got to see a few dolphins as well.

Got back to the hotel around 5pm and guess what? Another cake has
arrived! Woo hoo!

Going for dinner tonight on the side of the marina with a show as well.

... and kept me alive so I am grateful to him.

We went to a show tonight after dinner which was put on by the
animation team. It was supposed to be dance routines to movie songs
but sadly dancing does not seem to be their main talent, bless, they
tried hard.

And the birthday cake has finally gone after lurking in the room for a
few days.

... I suppose fat is more bouyant than muscle.

Thankfully there was no one taking pictures of me in my outfit and
especially when I bent to take my shoes off, over balanced, fell
against my instructor and then flapped around like a duck on its back
trying to get back up. This stuff is heavy you know!

Once in the water though it was easier to move ...

... 000€ a month for crew
including someone to rake your wool pile carpet behind you as you walk
so it stays looking fresh. Then you still have buy the boat which
incidentally doesn't move much because of the cost of running it and
they are mainly status symbols.

One thing we did hear today is that El Gouna is ...

... to her outfit so that she could provide herself with much needed shade in the heat of the afternoon. The valley floor is narrow and sloped slightly uphill with no shade except for a couple of man-made covers. At the front of the valley near the entrance to the King Tut Tomb is a new excavation site that is currently being explored. It has the potential for being an important find that could be announced later this year. Our Ship's Lecturer is an Egyptologist that said we should ...

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